Description of the Directory $IPSENTABLES
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The value of the environment variable $IPSENTABLES
is the name of this directory. Its usual value is
$HOME/(progres)data/tables.

The directory $IPSENTABLES consists of a number of
files which contain (defaults for) all user specific
environment parameters. There are

(1) File cmd.tab:
    This file contains all informations determining
    the content and the layout of the environment's
    menues and the rules/triggers for the automatic
    invocation of certain commands.

(2) File presentpar.tab:
    This file contains all environment specific
    window (presentation) parameters like their
    size, position etc.

(3) Script .error:
    This script may be empty or contain a sequence
    of commands which will be executed in the case
    of a (controlled) crash of the PROGRES enviroment.
    Currently, it used for creating an error log.

(3) Three files with suffix "MIF". These files
    contain text templates which are necessary
    for creating frameMaker Interchange Format
    files of IPSEN documents.

Every user must have an own directory $IPSENTABLES
with private versions of files (1), (2), and (3).
For further information see headers of the files
cmd.tab and presentpar.tab as well as help texts
of the following commands within command group
"MISC":

    - WriteFile:MIFFormat ( -> MIF-Files )
    - StoreWinParams ( -> presentpar.tab )
    - ChangeMenu ( -> cmd.tab )
